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Tel Aviv: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced that Tel Aviv is working to develop its ability to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program in conjunction with its efforts to improve the terms of any agreement reached between world...
LONDON: Britain on Thursday said it was concerned by a newly identified coronavirus, variant spreading in South Africa that might make vaccines less effective and imperil efforts to fight the pandemic. The UK Health Security Agency said the variant, which...
Tehran: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday condemned Iran's execution of a young man who was a minor at the time he was charged with committing a crime. Arman Abdolali, 25, is the second juvenile offender to be executed in the country this...
MOSCOW: Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing a request to shut down Memorial, the country's most prominent rights group and a pillar of its civil society. Founded by Soviet dissidents including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov in...
Mogadishu: Extremist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an explosion outside a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday killed at least eight people, including school children, witnesses say. The blast sent a cloud of smoke above...
SEOUL: South Korea's defense ministry stressed the need Thursday for "prudence" in considering whether to allow active-duty military service exemptions for K-pop superstar BTS and other top artists, citing the nation's shrinking population and other factors....
Seoul: North Korea appears to be continuing the operation of a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor at its mainstay Yongbyon complex, a US monitoring website has said, citing the release of steam and water seen in recent satellite imagery. Recent commercial...
Brussels: The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday discussed the situation in Belarus and Ukraine in a telephone call, the EU chief announced on social media. Michel told Putin that the EU...
Dharamshala India,: Tibet's spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, in a virtual meeting with Prof Lia Diskin of Palas Athena , Brazil had a conversation on " Educating the Heart for the New Millennium ", where he encouraged people to cultivate peace of mind for...
BERLIN: Germany has announced new development commitments to the tune of more than EUR 1.2 billion (approx. INR 10,025 crore) to aid India 's fight against climate change and for cooperation on clean energy . This announcement was made amid the visit...
LONDON: HUGE explosions have been heard with homes urgently evacuated after a blazing inferno broke out at a factory in Hull today. The fire ripped through Thompsons Plastics in Hessle just before 4pm this afternoon, with large plumes of black smoke and...
Washington: The United States supports India's announcement of their agreement to a transition from the existing India equalization levy to the new multilateral solution , and both countries have committed to working together through constructive dialogue...